diff --git a/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx b/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx
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+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
+<novelWriterXML appVersion="0.1.0" fileVersion="1.0" timeStamp="2018-10-23T21:36:09">
+  <book>
+    <title></title>
+  </book>
+</novelWriterXML>